Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-25
IRRIGATION ENTERPRISE.
The Butte and Yuba Orange Belt Irr
eating Canal Company.

eating Canal Company.
Irrigation schemes, that which made Los
Angeles, and which is making all the
counties in the State south of San Fran
cisco, is beginning to attract the attention
of farmers throughout the northern citrus
belt. Especially is this the case in Placer
FL Dorado, Yolo, Suffer- Yuba, and Colusa.
Butte is never behind in anything that re-
quires push and enterprise, and in this
line of improvement she proposes to take
place in the front rank. There have been
filed in the office of the Secretary of
State articles of incorporation of the
Butte and Yuba Orange Belt Irrigating
Canal Company. 1t is organized for the
purpose of obtaining water rights and con.
structing canals to convey water, buy and
sell the same for household, domestic, irri-
CATION, manufacturing, mining and all
other purposes, and TO do all other acts AMI
things necessary TO secure 100, 900 inches of
the water of Feather river, and conduct the
same by means of canals to the lands south
and east of the river. Its principal place of
business will be Oroyille The Directors
are Frank Mclaughlin. Chas. st. Sure,
John @. Gray, John NJ. Ward, Daniel Hill
ton, e. W. Fogg, and VIM. NJ Cutter Cap
ital stock, s. ,000, 600; divided into 100000
shares at the par value of SIS EACH The
amount Of capital stock subscribed is nine
ty-fve thousand shares, as follows: Frank
Mclaughlin, $500; Chas. ST. Sure, 800
John C. Gray, $500; E W Fog, $500
Isaac Z. Smith, $500; John ". Ward.
$500; D. Hilton, $500; K. Parker g.
800; William NJ. Cutter, $500; Louis
Glass, $500.
In an interview with reporter of the
MarysTillc appeal on Saturday, W. M Gut
ter, an ex-Assemblyman from Yuba coun-
ty, gentleman well-known in this city,
and one of the incorporators, said:
In 1873 Daniel Hilton and my
yself located about the same route of
bitches that the present company propose
to make and operate. We had a somewhat
crude survey made, but as the people did
not seem TO want water we did not make a
move. About seven or eight years ago
there was a slight stir for water, and we
had @ man name Edmunds make another
and more compleIe survey. In a few
months more the matter again dropped,
and we let the location go by default. For
some months past every one can see that
there has been much activity in land sales
about Oroyilie. and it is now clearly es-
tablished that they must have water. To
that end company has been formed, one
meeting has been held and another will be
on Thursday next, at which time it is prob
able that arrangements will be made to
have another survey, and it is said that
Herman Schuessler, Chief Engineer of the
Spring Valley Water Works, will be Sc
cured for the task. When he has prepared
his report and estimate, Major Frank Nc
Laughlin viii arrange for the sale of stock,
which will find takers in San Francisco,
the East and Europe, if the engineers re-
port is favorable.
The present calculation is to build
about ten or twelve miles of main bitches,
With many small ones running from the
line. Ultimately they may run down the |
idge as far IS Browns valley. The size |
If the first ditch built will be about Is feet |
vide and feet deep that. of course, will |
lot consume all the water claimed. The
,eople up that way have recognized tbs |
act that they must have water and water /
hey are going to have !